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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQ5_united-methodist-church_Los-Angeles-CA.html
United Methodist Church. . First United Methodist Church, 1930. A Gothic revival edifice constructed of steel and exposed concrete, standing as a visual beacon in the heart of Hollywood. var plainText = document.getElementById('…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DQ4_la-casa-primera_Pomona-CA.html
La Casa Primera. . The first adobe home of Ygnacio Palomares and wife Concepcion Lopez, the oldest house in the Pomona Valley, was built in 1837. It originally consisted of two rooms with a viga-latilla branch roof and packed mud floor. The Paloma…
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Casa Alvarado. . . Built about 1840 by Ygnacio Alvarado. . Chapel served by San Gabriel Mission. . Pomona's first public school. . Dr. B. S. Nichols family home 1886-1951. . 1951, Alfonso B. Fages home. var plainTex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DPI_hollywood-vine_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Hollywood & Vine. . Hollywood was given its name by pioneers Mr. and Mrs. Horace H. Wilcox. They subdivided their ranch in 1887 and called two dirt cross-roads Prospect Avenue and Weyse Avenue. Prospect Avenue, the main artery, was renamed Hollywo…
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Santa Monica City Hall. . City Hall was built in 1938 from a plan by architects Donald B. Parkinson and J.M. Estep in the Classical/Moderne style. Commissioned under the Federal Emergency Administration of the Public Works Program, the design is e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DO9_chinese-heaven-dogs_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Chinese Heaven Dogs. Ming Dynasty 1403 - 1643. Heaven Dogs were believed by the Chinese to ward off evil spirits and were widely used to guard the sacred Ming Tombs in the interior of China. They were first introduced in the reign of Huo Pin in 11…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMQ_flight-path_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Flight Path. Aviation Walk of Honor. . North American P-51D Mustang . . The etching above, taken from an illustration by artist Jean-Luc Beghin, depicts a P-51 Mustang cockpit. The airplane was designed and manufactured in only 100 days by N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMK_to-the-chinese-men-and-women-who-came-to-gold-mountain_Santa-Cruz-CA.html
To the Chinese men and women who came to Gold Mountain. Site of the fourth and last Chinatown in Santa Cruz, 1894-1955. var plainText = document.getElementById('inscription1').innerText; document.getElementById('inscr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DMJ_the-magic-castle_Los-Angeles-CA.html
The Magic Castle. . . In Sept. 1961, Milton Page Larsen leased this building, which would become the world-famous Magic Castle, with a handshake and a dream. Renovations began on the historic 1910 Rollin B. Lane mansion with the help and contribu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DLJ_sayre-fire_Los-Angeles-CA.html
Sayre Fire. November 14-20, 2008. On November 14, 2008, the Sayre (or Sylmar) Fire, a wind-driven fire, quickly moved through the hillside brush into residential areas above the 210 freeway and west of the 5 freeway. The fire was contained on Nove…
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